How to Talk to the Supernatural in Shakespeare.

Yonglin, Yang

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ERIC Number: EJ428700

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Publication Date: 1991

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How to Talk to the Supernatural in Shakespeare.

Yonglin, Yang

Language in Society, v20 n2 p247-61 Jun 1991

Examines Shakespeare's use of thou forms to individual ghosts, witches, and spirits. The proposition is advanced that there is a role-governed rule in the use of this pronoun to individual supernatural beings. (31 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Literature Appreciation, Pronouns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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